Locked in dreams | AU

We're so back.

You're both so close...

I can't deal with it, I need to do it.

It's my only option, isn't it?

Pin...? Are you free tonight...?

Needle opened her eyes. She closed them again. She needed more sleep. She couldn't wake up that fast. She...

Needle laid in her bed, eyes shut, completely asleep.

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His hands were tightly gripped to the metallic bars beneath him, those strong pieces that prevented his fall, but also kept him trapped in his own personal hell. He tried to avoid reality by sleeping whenever he could. He tried to enjoy the view and think positively, but his fear always striked back in different ways. He had no one to talk to, no one to listen to, nothing to do inside his tiny prison. That was how Firey lived the past two or three days. Completely alone with himself and all of his problems.  His mental state was deteriorating so fast that he thought he heard screaming sounds just the first night. He even saw Ruby falling to the ground. He was terrified by everything, he couldn't bear the punishment. He fell asleep and then woke up various times, he was able to hear people, footsteps, screams, but he kept his eyes closed, and afraid went back to sleep immediately. Once he woke up in the middle of the night, unable to sleep again. This morning he was still awake.

He thought hearing something, maybe the elevator? He never looked down, so he wasn't aware if someone entered the needy. He heard steps approaching him.

"Firey!... Firey can you hear us?" A familiar voice asked from the terrace.

"Tennis Ball...? You're here to let me out!? Oh god thanks you're here!! I thought that i would be alone here forever... Here, you ca-"

"We're not actually here for that." GB interrupted "We're here to inform and interrogate you about some important things that just happened."

"We're sorry..." TB added. "But it's really important, the recovery center isn't working"

"Oh... I-... I see..." Firey stopped for a moment "Umm anyways can you get me out of here?? With more reason, if I fall, I-... I won't be able to come back.!!"

"I'm sorry Firey, but we have nothing to do with your punishment, it's none of our business." Golf Ball stated.

"As we were saying... I think you may have heard everything, but anyways we'll tell you after I ask you... Have you seen or heard anyone this last days? Screams? A specific voice or sound?"

"Well... I... uhhh..." Firey wasn't sure if he should say something, he didn't knew if what he heard or saw was real at all. "I... don't know? Hehehe..." He laughed nervously. "Ummm.... Anyways, you guys won't let me out so why would I tell you!??"

The cage moved side to side, Firey stopped instantly and stood still, trying to balance the cage while strongly holding the bars.

"Firey... Please, we need to know... If you tell us, maybe we could talk with Freesmart about it... I can't promise anything but-..."

"I saw her falling..." Firey interrupted TB with a nervous voice. "Then I-... I heard screams... They were full of agony... It was awful..."

"Who do you saw falling?." GB asked.

"So... It wasn't real right?..." Firey sighted in relief. "If it was, you would know...! I must be getting real crazy up here, hehe..."

"Firey... You're not crazy." Tennis Ball stopped for a moment and then continued. "Ruby was found shattered yesterday's morning... And so did Book."

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"So, basically he was so sleepy that he couldn't recognize neither the person nor the time... Just splendid!" Golf Ball said while walking away from the needy, she was annoyed because of the lame answers she got.

"But he did confirmed that Ruby was thrown by someone at night, then someone screamed and before that, all the Freesmarters  spended their day at the needy. He did also mention that he heard different voices every time when he woke up."

"That's true... We could bring here the suspects and ask Firey if he can recognize any." Golf Ball proposed

"Don't worry Golf Ball, I'm sure that if we're together, we'll eventually figure it out!" Tennis Ball cheered her up while sitting her on his back.

"Of course we'll do!" Golf Ball stated looking forward

"What should we do now?" Tennis Ball continued to walk to their lab.

"Well, we have many things to be done... The suspects, the recovery center, the Pin hunt that Coiny organized, taking care of her..."

"I think that there's enough objects searching Pin already, Coiny made a very good group and they're supposed to start finding her today, anyways, sadly she's probably dead by now..." Tennis Ball said looking down "I think we should try to focus on the recovery center, that way we can recover anyone who's dead, and reveal the truth."

"That sounds good for me. There's still no other incidents, so maybe if we're capable of repairing the recovery center quickly, we can just ask Ruby who did this."

"I hope that everything was just an accident..." Tennis Ball said while opening the door.

"Well, we'll know eventually." Golf Ball jumped off TB and then walked into a room.

"Are you going to check her?"

"Yep."

"How is she doing? Did it worked?"

"I wasn't so sure about it, but somehow it seems like she's getting better after all."

Suddenly someone knocked the door.

"Uhh... Golf Ball!" Pencil said a bit nervous while desperately knocking the door ."Book isn't in the needy, somebody stole her corpse!"

"..."

"Hello? Is someboidy there?" Bubble knocked again.

Pencil turned around and looking down she walked away from the door. "Come on Bubble, it's useless... They're probably working on something important..."

"But woit! Pencil..."

The balls looked at each other.

"..."

Tennis Ball opened the door.

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Everything was shining with pink clouds and a bright blue sky, and even if everything was silent, all of it seemed so peaceful. Needle stood quietly, without moving, in a clear and calm lake that reflected the sky above her. She saw an infinite space around her. With no ending and no start. She turned around and saw someone.

Needle panicked.

"Pin, what the hell are you doing here?!"

"I'm not here" Pin smiled.

"But... You're here!"

"Not anymore"

"What did you just sai-"

The moment that the white object pronounced those words.

Needle woke up.

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Hi guys! The hiatus is over xddd. Well I guess I'll continue this fanfic, that's it^^

-Anga.